Safety Precautions; Symbols - Benchmark RD 532 combi Installation And Servicing

Safety precautions

If you smell gas
B Turn off gas service cock at the meter.
B Open windows and doors.
B Do not operate any electrical switches.
B Extinguish any naked flames.
B Telephone your gas company.
If you smell fumes from the appliance
B Switch off appliance (see page 24).
B Open windows and doors.
Fitting and modifications
B Fitting of the appliance or any controls to the appli-
ance may only be carried out by a competent engi-
neer in accordance with the Gas Safety (Installation
and Use) Regulations 1998.
B Flue systems must not be modified in any ways other
than as described in the fitting instructions.
B This appliance is for use on sealed primary systems only.
Maintenance
B The user is recommended: to have the system
regularly serviced in order to ensure that it functions
reliably and safely.
B Use only original spare parts!
Combustible materials
B Do not store or use any combustible materials
(paper, thinners, paints etc.) in the vicinity of the
appliance.
Health and safety
B This appliance contains no asbestos products.
B There is no potential hazard due to the appliance
being electrically unsafe.
B There are no substances used in the construction
that are a potential hazard in relation to the COSHH
Regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health Regulations 1988).
Combustion air/Ambient atmosphere
B The combustion air/ambient atmosphere should be
kept free of chemically aggressive substances (e.g.
halogenated hydrocarbons which contain chlorine or
fluorine compounds). This will prevent corrosion.
Instructions to the customer
B Explain to the customer how the appliance works and
how to operate it.
B Advise the user that he/she must not make any modi-
fications to the appliance or carry out any repairs on it.
B These instructions are to be left with the user or at
the Gas meter.
B Important: These instructions apply in the UK only.
6 720 611 451 GB (03.11)
Unpacking
IMPORTANT HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS
B Two people should transfer the packaged appliance
from the van to the point of installation
B Open the top of the carton, remove and place the
component tray and both side bars of the wall mount-
ing frame to one side
B Lie the packaged appliance on its back. (The back
has "TRUCK HERE" printed on the carton)
B One person firmly holds the packaging while the
other straddles the boiler and slides it from the pack-
aging
B Two persons are then required to lift one end and
stand the appliance upright with the flue at the top
Additional requirements for roof space instal-
lation
B Two people should use two step ladders and share
lifting the unpacked boiler up to the loft hatch
B Where the boiler enters the loft space, tilt and slide
the boiler on its back to the point of installation
Check the contents against the packing list.

Symbols

Safety instructions in this document
are identified by a warning-triangle sym-
bol and are printed on a grey back-
ground.
Notes containing important information
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are identified by the symbol shown on the
left. They are bordered by horizontal lines
above and below the text.
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